---
title: "RM5 zone in Sooke: Town Centre Apartment"
place: Sooke, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/sooke
zone: RM5
bylaw: Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600, 2013 (unofficially consolidated, updated February 18, 2025)
bylaw_read: 2026-11-07
review: draft
canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/rm5/"
json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/rm5.json"
---

# RM5 zone in Sooke: Town Centre Apartment

High density apartments within the Town Centre, excluding the future Waterview Street.

## Zone rules

- **Purpose:** High density apartments within the Town Centre, excluding the future Waterview Street.
- **Main uses:** Apartment Building; Assisted Living Facility
- **Also allowed (secondary uses):** Limited home-based business
- **Minimum lot area:** 1000 m²
- **Minimum lot width:** 15 m
- **Maximum lot coverage:** 85%
- **Maximum height:** Six storeys up to 25 metres
- **Maximum height, accessory buildings:** 9 m
- **Front setback:** 0 m
- **Rear setback:** 0 m; 4.5 m where adjacent to Duplex/Single Family Dwelling or Existing Housing per Town Centre Plan
- **Interior side setback:** 0 m; 4.5 m where adjacent to Duplex/Single Family Dwelling or Existing Housing per Town Centre Plan
- **Street side setback:** 0 m
- **Accessory building setbacks:** front 7.5 m, flanking 4.5 m, side 1.2 m, rear 4.5 m, lane 0 m
- **Other rules:** At least 10% of the lot area must be developed as an amenity area for residents; Recession plane rules may apply for buildings and structures more than 6 m or two storeys in height

## Source

- [Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600, 2013 (unofficially consolidated, updated February 18, 2025), s. 306](https://www.sooke.ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf#page=104) (read 2026-11-07)

Rules in the bylaw's general sections (parking, fences, suites, home businesses) also apply. All zones in Sooke: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/index.json

_Draft: taken from the bylaw text by a research agent and not yet reviewed by a person. Gov Handbook is an independent guide. Canonical page: https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sooke/zoning/rm5/_